“Autocrats wield their power by the manipulation of information”: FOCUS with Sergei Guriev

What is the image of a modern autocrat? Why have dictatorships been replaced by “softer” autocracies?

In this episode of FOCUS originally published in 2020, Professor Sergei Guriev tackles the question of the rise of modern autocracies in our globalized world. By explaining how autocrats wield their power and position themselves as harbingers of democratic values, he highlights the ways in which true democratic societies can push back against this trend through the spread of facts and information.

The Sciences Po Editorial Team

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